HAMDEN -- The co-owner of a Dixwell Avenue pawn shop was found unconscious in the store Wednesday night, police said.

Police said the unconscious co-owner did not suffer life threatening injuries. The nature of her injuries was unclear.

Police had responded to a "duress alarm" at the shop, which is near the intersection of Dixwell and Putnam avenues. Police found that the owner of the pawn shop had broken through the locked door of the business and found the co-owner unconscious in the back of the store at 1194 Dixwell Ave.

Whether the pawn shop had been robbed remained unclear. Police said the investigation is ongoing.